---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification: Susanville Indian Rancheria."
description: "Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes, including the Susanville Indian Rancheria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1333"
citation: "California AB 1333 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification: Susanville Indian Rancheria."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a29b948-2d92-4811-bbf3-e0bd6ce2337e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1333"
source_hash: "3dd802dd42b25907df3f3009da6c4d9d016717d30fab06d0c0f006b370fc1922"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1333 (20192020) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification: Susanville Indian Rancheria.

Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes, including the Susanville Indian Rancheria.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1333&version=20190AB133399INT)
2. **05/15/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1333&version=20190AB133398AMD)
3. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1333&version=20190AB133396CHP)
4. **AB1333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1333)
5. **08/27/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1333&version=20190AB133397ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1333 Dahle Third Reading Urgency By GRAY — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1333 Dahle By Dahle Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-05** Assembly Rule 96(b) suspended. (Page 2541.)
- **2019-07-05** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-07-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2723.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-08-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-08-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2290.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a29b948-2d92-4811-bbf3-e0bd6ce2337e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).